In a hallway leading to the bench area at the Xcel Energy Center, a television monitor was tuned to Thursday’s gold-medal game between the U.S. and Canada at the Sochi Olympics. When the Eden Prairie girls hockey team went back to the ice for the third period of its Class 2A quarterfinal against Andover, some players stopped by the TV for an update.

Eden Prairie didn’t find out about the Americans’ loss until after it had completed a 4-2 victory over the Huskies in the big-school quarterfinals of the state tournament.

Junior forward Charly Dahlquist scored two goals, including the winner early in the third period, to send the No. 3-seeded Eagles (21-7) into Friday’s semifinals, where they will face No. 2 Hill-Murray for the second consecutive season.

With the score tied 2-2 and Andover (16-10-3) struggling to clear the zone early in the third period, Dahlquist skated into the right circle, intercepted a pass and quickly whistled a shot into the upper corner past Huskies goalie Maddie Rooney.

“There was not a lot of space (to shoot at),” Dahlquist said. “I was surprised.”

Rooney, a junior, made 26 saves on 29 shots. She made 13 saves in the second period when the Eagles generated 15 shots.

“She is a phenomenal goalie,” Grossman said of Rooney. “Our kids were patient and stuck to it.”

Kate Rydland scored into an open net with 1:11 remaining in regulation. Crystalyn Hengler also scored for Eden Prairie.

Eden Prairie lost to Hill-Murray 2-1 in last year’s Class 2A semifinals. The Pioneers went on to finish second to Minnetonka. The Eagles also lost to Hill-Murray 5-0 on Nov. 19. It was Hill-Murray’s first game of the season and Eden Prairie’s fourth.

“We’re a completely different team since then,” Grossman said. “Our first period of that (November) game was as bad (as we’ve played). We learned from it. Every time we play them, it’s a tight game. It’ll come down to the third period.”

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